Rule slide for setting blank forms on slug-casting machines



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M. soMEs RULE SLIDE FOR SETTING BLANK FORMS ON SLUG CASTING MACHINESFild Aug. 51, 1926 Ill. 4mm

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I UNITED STATES Moiv'rREvILLn SOMES, or ABILENE, TEXAS.

RULEi S LIDE FOR SETTING BLANK FORMS ON SLUG-CASTING MACHINES.

Application filed August 31,1926. Serial No. 132,832.

This invention relates to improvements in typographical machines, suchas the linotype machine illustrated in Letters Patent of the UnitedStates numbered 436,532 to O. Mergenthaler, wherein printing bars orslugs having characters on one face are castby means of a number ofmatrices which form one edge of the slug casting die or mold. In specialkinds of work, as for example in the production of rules for printingtabular forms, single tabular matrices are assembled by hand within themold and having in their faces longitudinal and variously spacedtransverse formative cavities correspondingto the characters to beprinted, the longitudinal cavities forming the longiverse cavitiesforming the transverse rules in the slug. l/Vhen a number of these-slugsare assembled to print a ruled form, the longitudinal rules print thehorizontal lines and-the transverse rules print the variously spacedvertical lines. From the'foregoing, it will be apparent that any changedesired in the spacing of the vertical lines, after the slugs areformed, will necessitate procuring new matrices and casting new slugsthereagainst, resulting in numerous matrices and slugs and an enormouswaste of time and labor. The present invention overcomes thesedisadvantagesin a simple, eflicient and economical manner.

It is the purpose of this invention to provide means for printingdifferently ruled sheets with a minimum number of forms and matrices,and without recasting or otherwise changing the printing faces of saidforms. 1

It is further an object of this invention to provide means for printingtabular work wherein the formation of the printing faces or rules, andof the several slugs making up Figure 1 is a perspective view of anordi-' nary quad block with the several slides made in accordance withthe invention;

Figure 2 is a front elevation of one of the slides,

Figure 3 is an end elevation of the same; I

c Figure 4 is a greatly enlarged fragmentary perspective showing ofseveral assembled slugs'illustrating their printing faces; and 2 Figure5 is a fragmentary perspective of a portion of a ledger sheetprintedfrom slugs made in accordance with the invention.

"Having more particular reference to the drawings, in connection withwhich like characters of reference will designate 'corre-. spondingparts throughout, the numeral 1 indicates, generally, a quad block ofthe usual type, having in the face thereof the usual dove-tailed grooveor channel 2 for the reception ofthe slides 3,4, 5 and 6; a

pin 7 is provided at one extremity of the channel 2 and is adapted tocoact with a notch 8 in the slides to hold the same in proper alignmentwithin the quad block. The slides 4, 5 and 6 are provided in their faceswith longitudinal channels 9, for the purpose of forming on the faces ofthe slugs 12, 13 and 14, the ribs or rules 15, designed to print thevertical lines 21 of the ledger sheet, as indicated by the numeral 20 inFigure 5. Transverse channels 10 in the slides 3, 4, 5 and 6 form therules 16, designed to print the horizontal lines 22 of the ledger sheet20. It will be apparent that the slugs 12, 13 and 14 will each print avertical line 21 in addition to the horizontal lines; whereas slugs 11,cast against the slides 3 are provided on their faces only with thetransverse ribs or'rules 16, as shown in Figure 4, thereby providingmeans for extending the space between the vertical lines 21; the rules16 effecting continuity of the horizontal lines 22, as indicated by thenumeral 23 in Figure 5.

According to the present invention only four slides are required toproduce the neces sary slugs to print tabular forms similar to or thesame as the form indicated in Figure 5. The slide 3 is provided withonly transverse formative cavities 10, whereas the remaining threeslides, 4, 5 and 6 require both transverse and longitudinal formativecavities 9 and 10. The slide 4 has a single longitudinal channel orcavity 9; the slide 5 is provided with a pair of i longitudinal cavities9 and the slide 6 is provided with a Wider channel 9 than that of slide4, whereby a heavy vertical ruled line may be printed upon the tabularform.

As clearly shown in the drawing, the rules 16 formed transversely of theslugs 11, 12, 13 and 14 are adapted, in the printing of the ruled sheets20, to form the horizontal lines 22 and 23 thereof, and are castintegrally with the slugs, extending fully across the face thereofwhereby the edge of each rule 16 abuts snugly upon the edge of thecorresponding rules of the adjacent slugs; in this way, continuous andunbroken horizontal lines are formed completely across the sheet.

It is apparent from the foregoing that the same slugs used to print oneform of sheet may themselves be rearranged to print any desired form oftabular or ruled sheet, having vertical or horizontal ruled lines,Without recasting the against new slides, or otherwise changing thecharacters on their faces; therefore, the same slugs may be used toprint a number of differing forms, and should it be needed, may be setup to reprint the first printed form.

Manifest-1y, the construction shown is capable of considerablemodification and such modification as is within the scope of my claims,I consider within the spirit of my invention.

I claim:

1. A set of slides each adapted to extend throughout the matrixretaining channel of a quad block, said slides each having transverselyextending formative cavities for casting line printing matter spacedaccording to ordinary printing and several of said slides havinglongitudinal formative cavities.

2. A common set of slides adapted to form slugs for printing varioustabular forms having vertical and horizontal lines comprising fourslides each having transverse formative cavities for casting lineprinting matter spaced according to ordinary printing and three of saidslides having longitudinal formative cavities in addition to thetransverse formative cavities.

In a device of the character described, a series of slides adapted to beremovably set in the face of a quad block, each having in the facethereof longitudinal cavities for casting vertically disposed printingmatter and transverse formative cavities, said transverse cavitiesextending the full width of the slug formative face of said slideswhereby to form slugs in a manner to carry across their several faces aseries of continuous and unbroken lines.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set

